Gangs

Cape Flats murders are on the rise

Some areas have improved, but the overall picture is grim

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Charts | 16 January 2026

Hanover Park residents threaten gangsters outside their homes

“Tell your people, the children that are being shot … it must come to an end”

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Brief | 13 October 2025

Police fire stun grenades at PAGAD protesters

Residents of Cloetesville in Stellenbosch march to the homes of alleged drug dealers to demand an end to gang violence

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Photo Essay | 6 October 2025

Two people are killed in gang violence in the Western Cape every day

At least 74 were bystanders

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Opinion | 8 February 2024

Cape Flats families bury their children on Youth Day

“It happens every day, uncle, every single day”

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Photo Essay | 18 June 2020

Hanover Park resident: “There comes the army, there goes the army”

Nearly nine months after the army was deployed to the Cape Flats, what has changed?

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News | 13 March 2020

Not safe to go to the toilet

Residents of Kliprand informal settlement have opted for the bucket system because gangs target people using communal toilets at night

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News | 24 February 2020

Triumph for amateur cast at the opera house

Don’t Miss Your Turning Point received a standing ovation on Saturday night at Artscape

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Photo Essay | 17 February 2020

“From the streets, to Hanover Park, to Artscape”

There will be one performance only of the play Don’t Miss Your Turning Point at Artscape on Saturday

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News | 13 February 2020